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Mönch, Switzerland

Prominence: 584 m, 1916 ft

Elevation: 4107 meters, 13,474 feet

True Isolation: 3.59 km, 2.23 mi

Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)	46° 33' 31'' N, 7° 59' 50'' E 46.558509, 7.997305 (Dec Deg) 423144 E 5156593 N, Zone 32 (UTM)
Country	Switzerland
State/Province	Bern Valais
Links Search Engines - search the web for "Mönch": Wikipedia Search Microsoft Bing Search Google Search Yahoo Search Other Web Sites M├╢nch at SummitPost.org Weather for Monch at Mountain-Forecast.com Lists that contain Mönch: Alpine 4000-meter Peaks (Rank #31) UIAA Alpine 4000-meter Peaks (Rank #50) Selected Trip Reports from this site: 1949-08-02 by Frederick Johnson 1985-08-09 by Greg Slayden (Unsuccessful) (GPS Track) 1989-08 by Jan Peter Eklund 1992-07-22 by Philip Massey 1993-08-23 by Greg Slayden (Unsuccessful) (GPS Track) 2010-07-06 by Stephen Wheeler 2010-07-06 by Thomas Burley 2011-08-28 by Jasper Holystone 2012-08-20 by Bob Coleman 2013-07-14 by Matthias Fieles 2014-09-12 by Mac Bridges (Unsuccessful) View ascents of peak by registered Peakbagger.com members (55 total) Nearby Peak Searches: Radius Search - Nearest Peaks to Mönch Elevation Ladder from Mönch Prominence Ladder from Mönch

The Monch is an easy climb from the Jungfraujoch railway terminal.
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Prominence	Key Col Page (Detailed prominence information) Clean Prominence: 584 m/1916 ft Optimistic Prominence: 584 m/1916 ft Key Col: Unners Monchsjoch 3523 m/11,558 ft
Isolation	Isolation Page (Detailed isolation information) Distance: 3.59 km/2.23 mi Isolation Limit Point: 46.5367, 7.9625 Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database: Jungfrau (SW)
Ranges	Continent: Europe Range2: Alps Range3: Northern Alps Range4: Berner Oberland
Drainage Basins	Rhine North Sea Atlantic Ocean
First Ascent	1857 Christian Almer Porges
Route #1	Snow Climb Trailhead: Jungfraujoch (Railroad) 3454 m/11,332 ft Vertical Gain: 653 m/2142 ft
Data Source	1:25,000 (or larger) Topographic Survey Map
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Other Photos

The southeast ridge of the Monch is a relatively easy route to an Alpine summit (1985-08-09).

The famous Bernese peak trinity: The Eiger, Monch, and Jungfrau, from the Harder Kulm (1985-08-08).

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Tschuggen from the cable car station near Mannlichen with the Eiger, Monch and Jungfrau in the background (2014-06-28). Photo by Tom Owen.
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